Tell it like it is

Intro: 	C+  (piano arpeggio)

Verse 1:

	       C7/G  Gm              C7
If you want    something to play with
	Gm>      C7              F  F7+/C  F6
Go and find yourself a toy
	        D7/F#        C7/G       Gm  C7
Baby my time is too expensive
	        Gm   C7           F  F7+/C  F6
And I'm not     a little boy
	Am>          Dm
If you are serious
	Am>                                     Dm
Don't play with my heart, it makes me furious
	Am>                     Bb
But if you want me to love you
	             C    Bb/C                Am/C
Then baby I will,     girl you know I will

Verse 2:

Tell it like it is
Don't be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide
But I... know deep down inside of me
I believe you love me
Forget your foolish pride
Life is too short to have sorrow
We may be here today and gone tomorrow
You might as well get what you want
So go on and live, baby go on and live

Coda [repeat first half of verse 2]:

Tell it like it is
I'm nothing to play with
Go and find yourself a toy
But I... tell it like it is
My time is too expensive
And I'm not your little boy

Tell it like it is... [fade]


Notes:

  1) The above is the arrangement from the original single (Parlo 101); a
     much slower 1972 re-recording appears on far too many oldies comps.

  2) The guitar part is mostly played in 6ths.  Over the C7/G...Gm... etc.
     progression it's:

   1 1      1 1     
xxx2x2   xxx0x0   xxx9x8   xxx9x8
         want...  some...  with...  your...

    ...; over the F F7+/C F6 [D7/F#] it's all

xxx5x5

     since the C and A are common to all of the chords.

  3) The D7/F# sounds like it might be F#°  , but careful listening reveals
     a D (not a D#) in the right-hand piano voicing.